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The BL 8-inch howitzer Mark I through to Mark V (1 to 5) were a British improvisation developed early in the First World War to provide heavy artillery. It used shortened and bored-out barrels from various redundant naval 6-inch guns.It bore no relation to the later 8-inch howitzer of the First World War the Vickers 8-inch Mark VI to VIII howitzers which succeeded it.
